The World Employment Confederation-Europe is the voice of the employment industry at European level, representing labour market enablers in 29 countries and 7 of the largest international workforce solutions companies.

Overview

Overview on main public affairs priorities of the World Employment Confederation-Europe

Shaping appropriate agency work regulation

The World Employment Confederation-Europe strives for shaping appropriate regulation on the employment industry in Europe.

At EU level, there are severak instruments and policy debates to achieve this objective, namely discussions on the Directive on temporary agency work, on the posting of workers and work mobility and on the prevention of undeclared work.

Striving for a better recognition of the contribution of the employment industry to well-functioning labour markets

The World Employment Confederation-Europe strives for a better recognition of the positive contribution of the employment industry to well-functioning labour markets.

Key dimensions of this contribution include:

Creating more work opportunities for more people and enhancing labour market participation.

Facilitating labour market access and social inclusion.

Facilitating access to training and dual learning

Preventing undeclared work and helping to transform available work into regular jobs

Promoting work mobility in the labour market.

A key policy framework for a better recongition of this positive contribution is provided by the EU Employment Strategy and the Europe 2020 Strategy.

Contributing to a fruitful sectoral social dialogue

The World Employment Confederation-Europe and Uni-Europa are the recognised sectoral social partners for the temporary agency work sector.

In the past years, both social partners have conducted a fruitful, sectoral social dialogue, which included several joint declarations, research projects and jointly organised conferences and events.

Positions of the World Employment Confederation-Europe

All main position papers and public affairs publications of the World Employment Confederation-Europe can be downloaded here.

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As the authoritative voice of the employment industry, the World Employment Confederatio-Europe interacts closely with EU institutions, European sectoral and cross-industry social partners, social NGOs and think tanks. The World Employment Confederation is also member of several European Alliances and Networks, such as the European Business Services Alliance, of which the World Employment Confederation-Europe (formerly Eurociett) is a founding member.